Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Derecka Purnell

320 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter the call for the abolition of the police became a central demand for the movement. In this extraordinary, revelatory memoir, Derecka Purnell recounts her own p...

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informative 92%
challenging 73%
reflective 63%
inspiring 52%
hopeful 43%
emotional 32%
sad 15%
dark 8%
tense 5%
adventurous 1%

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slow 37%
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